50 would emerge as observable correlations around. With such reliability scores true correlations of r =. The intra-class correlation (ICC) for different measures across these tasks varied from 0 < ICC <. These authors measured the test-retest reliabilities of typical experimental variants of these tasks and observed unexpectedly low reliability measures given the widespread use of these tasks. This so-called reliability paradox has recently been demonstrated across several well-established research paradigms (Erikson Flanker Task, Stroop Task, Go/No-Go Task, Stop-Signal Task, Posner Cueing Task, SNARK Task, Navon Task) by Hedge, Powell and Sumner ( 2018). In contrast, several well-established paradigms from perception, attention, and cognitive research have revealed surprisingly low within-subject reliability scores. The most intriguing consequence of these differences between the approaches is that paradigms which are known to produce reliable results in the experimental approach do not necessarily also produce reliable results in the correlational approach and vice versa. Whereas experimental approaches generally aim to minimize variance between individual participants in order to obtain replicable effects of their manipulations, correlational approaches necessarily need substantial variance between observers in order to obtain stable rank orders of participants. A central challenge for combining correlational and experimental approaches arises from distinct considerations regarding reliabilities. Such a unified perspective is typically not realized within the subdisciplines of psychology however, there are some recent trends in cognitive psychology (a discipline typically focusing on the experimental approach) acknowledging the fruitfulness of individual differences in evaluating theories on perceptual processes (Gauthier, 2018), attention (Huang, Mo, & Li, 2012) and the formation of memory (Unsworth, 2019). Whereas both approaches typically focus on different levels of explanations, combined approaches studying variance between individuals as well as variance between experimental manipulations could be particularly powerful in order to understand, explain, and predict human cognition and behavior (Cronbach, 1957 see also Borsboom, Kievit, Cervone, & Hood, 2009 Sternberg, & Grigorenko, 2001). Psychologists apply experimental as well as correlational techniques in order to test particular theories. We hope that this MOT test supports researchers whose field of study requires capturing individual differences in visual attention reliably. In order to facilitate the application of the test, we have translated it into 16 common languages (Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish).
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The test is free to use and runs fully under open-source software. Importantly, this test was explicitly designed and tested for reliability under conditions that match those of most laboratory research (restricted sample of students, approximately n = 50). It captures the efficiency of attentional deployment. Within the task, the participants have to maintain a set of targets (among identical distractors) across an interval of object motion. This test captures individual differences reliably in 6 to 15 min. Here, we provide a test for individual differences in visual attention which relies on the multiple object tracking task (MOT). However, recent research has demonstrated that many tasks from experimental research are not suitable for individual differences research, as they fail to capture these differences reliably. Individual differences in attentional abilities provide an interesting approach in studying visual attention as well as the relation of attention to other psychometric measures.
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